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Taslim Arif

Taslim Arif Urdu:تسلیم عارف
Personal information
Full name Taslim Arif Abbasi
Born (1954-05-01)1 May 1954
PIB Colony, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Died 14 March 2008(2008-03-14) (aged 53)
Karachi, Pakistan
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 82) 29 January 1980 v India
Last Test 8 December 1980 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 31) 21 November 1980 v West Indies
Last ODI 19 December 1980 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years Team
1967/68–1989/90 Karachi
1967/68–1989/90 NBP
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A
Matches 6 2 148 40
Runs scored 501 28 7,568 853
Batting average 62.62 14.00 33.63 25.84
100s/50s 1/2 13/40 1/4
Top score 210* 24 210* 113*
Balls bowled 30 311
Wickets 1 7
Bowling average 28.00 30.28
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/28 4/46
Catches/stumpings 6/3 1/1 312/56 45/14
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, 6 January 2008

Taslim Arif Abbasi (1 May 1954 – 14 March 2008) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 2 One-day Internationals in 1980. His score of 210* for Pakistan against Australia stood for more than 20 years as the highest score made by a wicket-keeper in Test cricket. Arif died in Karachi from a lung infection in 2008. He was buried at Faisal Cantonment graveyard, in Karachi.


In September 1978, playing for National Bank against Punjab in Lahore, before he had made his international debut, Arif became the first from Pakistan to effect ten dismissals in a first-class match. His record was later broken by Wasim Yousoufi in 1997.





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